On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Sjoerd Mullender wrote:
Derek Martin wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 01:30:44PM -0600, STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT) wrote:
>
>>The syntax:
>>int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>works, but most of the C books I have seen recommend
>>the *argv[] version.
>
>
> I meant to comment that these two different notations are functionally
> identical; an array name is nothing more than a pointer. For example,
> if we have the following code:
Not true. Or rather, only partially true.
In a variable declaration the two are *not* equivalent. In a parameter
declaration and in an expression, the two *are* equivalent.
Not in all expressions.
sizeof(array) is usually not sizeof(&array[0])
See me trim.
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